Huichol Beadwork Mexican Eagle Votive Painting Serving Platter Colors: Natural and Black

Colors: Natural and Black

3 cm L x 2

Shipibo art is well-known for its intricate designs

centered by lapis lazuli cabochons

6 inches W x 5

Huichol Beadwork Mexican Eagle Votive Painting Serving Platter Colors: Natural and BlackHiginio Hernandez depicts the national emblem from the Mexican flag, adding colorful Huichol symbols. The Aztecs, or Mexica as they called themselves, left their island town to seek a new place to establish their home. Legend tells how, when they saw an eagle perched on a cactus with a serpent in is beak, this would be the place they were seeking, and this image also appears in the country's national seal. Incandescent peyote buds glow on the bird's